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The Inside Story of the Crony Court that Deep-Sixed the Scott Walker Probe
Yesterday, Scott Walker caught a break when the Wisconsin Supreme Court, on a party line vote, shut down a criminal investigation of his 2012 recall election campaign. The inquiry, called “John Doe” investigation, was led by a Republican special prosecutor on behalf of five Wisconsin county district attorneys who were probing whether Walker had broken state campaign finance laws...
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The Disappearance of John Doe
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has been under investigation since his first day in office. But before a national audience even becomes aware of the fact, it will all be over... By Mary Bottari. -
Brennan Center: Wisconsin Supreme Court Ends Walker Investigation, Eviscerating State’s Campaign Finance Limits and Raising Questions about Judicial Impartiality
This morning, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-2 to end a John Doe investigation into whether ostensibly “independent” groups had illegally coordinated with Scott Walker’s 2012 gubernatorial recall campaign... -
Five Things to Know About the Scott Walker John Doe Ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has single-handedly rewritten the state’s limits on money in politics, rendering the state’s disclosure laws and contribution limits meaningless, and opening the door to unlimited funds directly from corporations and foreign firms... By Brendan Fischer. -
Wisconsin Supreme Court Ignores Conflicts of Interest & All Relevant Precedent to Strike Down State Restrictions on Coordinated Spending and End Scott Walker John Doe Investigation
Today, in three consolidated cases arising from the ongoing Wisconsin John Doe investigation, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ignored U.S. Supreme Court precedent—and Wisconsin state precedent— to significantly narrow Wisconsin’s restrictions on the coordination of expenditures... -
Scott Walker Push For Milwaukee Bucks Arena Subsidy Could Benefit His Fundraising Chief
In the year leading up to the announcement of his presidential campaign, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker championed a high-profile proposal to spend a quarter of a billion dollars of taxpayer money to help finance a new Milwaukee Bucks arena -- all while pushing... By David Sirota and Andrew Perez. -
Scott Walker wants to drug test food stamp recipients. That shows why he’ll never be president
Sixteen years ago, George W. Bush presented to America his vision of “compassionate conservatism,” and in response he received an absolute torrent of glowing articles in the media calling him a “different kind of Republican” — conservative, to be sure, but not so mean about it. Well...
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